Survival Guide

Survival Guide

January 21, 2000

Reminders

BONE MARROW DRIVES. Bone-marrow registration drives will be held at Langley Air Force Base on Monday at the Base Theater from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and at Fort Eustis on Thursday at Anderson Field House from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The drives are for active duty personnel and their dependents, Department of Defense civilians, reservists and the National Guard. Registration is free. Military personnel should call (800) MARROW-3; civilians can call (800) MARROW-7 for information on other registration drives.

FREE STUFF. The City of Newport News is offering free 2000 wall calendars, describing environmental services provided by the city, for residents. Calendars are available at all Newport News public libraries, City Hall, the Commissioner of Revenue's office, Parks and Recreation facilities and the Public Works Operation Center. Information: 269-2871 or 926-8336.

By the numbers

TOP CROP. Tobacco is Virginia's leading cash crop, accounting for 22 percent of the state's total crop income and eight percent of the total agricultural income.

Source: Virginia Farm Bureau Federation.

Highway headaches

TRAFFIC HOT LINES. For information about closings and traffic conditions for Hampton Roads, call the Daily Press 1-LINE at 928-1111 and enter category 7623 (ROAD). The call is toll-free throughout most of Hampton Roads. For Smithfield, call 357-6594.

COLEMAN BRIDGE. No scheduled openings, subject to change.

She said it

"It's been a long time since we could do something like that." - Susan Goncalves of Smithfield, after building a "snow family." Story, A1.

Thought of the day

"Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind." - John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States